ROUTE SEARCHING DEVICE FOR RECHARGEABLE VEHICLE, ROUTE SEARCHING METHOD FOR RECHARGEABLE VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170307392A1
• Filed: 07/13/2017
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: KITAJIMA, Kazuyoshi, SAITO, Takashi
• Application Number:
  US15/649,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20170307392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/52 drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/54 Energy consumption estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/12 Remote or cooperative charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A route searching device for a rechargeable vehicle includes an acquisition unit and a movement plan creation unit. The acquisition unit acquires facility information regarding a use state of a supply facility which includes at least one of vehicle supply facilities which supplies a rechargeable vehicle, and a charging facility which supplies power to a battery of the rechargeable vehicle. The movement plan creation unit creates a movement plan based on map information and the facility information. The movement plan includes a route to a destination, which includes the supply facility to be used, and supply details received by the supply facility on the route.

Claims

1. A terminal device for communicating with a route searching device, the terminal device comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive information indicative relating to a supply facility, wherein the supply facility includes at least one of;

a vehicle supply facility for supplying a vehicle;

or

a charge supply facility for supplying power to a battery of a vehicle, and

receive information indicative of a first movement plan, wherein the first movement plan includes;

a first route from a first position to a destination, the supply facility is included along the first route, and

supply details related to services available at the supply facility; and

a display unit connecting to the processor, wherein the display unit is configured to display the information indicative of the first movement plan.

2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive information indicative of a second movement plan different from the first movement plan, the second movement plan includes:

a second route from a first position to a destination, the supply facility is included along the second route, and

supply details related to services available at the supply facility.

3. The terminal device of claim 2, wherein the display unit includes a touch panel, and the touch panel is configured to receive a selection of the first movement plan or the second movement plan.

4. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a touch panel, and the touch panel is configured to receive a selection of reservation information related to the supply facility.

5. The terminal device of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to generate instructions for transmitting the selection of reservation information to the route searching device.

6. The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a reservation result in response to the transmitted selection of reservation information.

7. The terminal device of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to receive information indicative of whether the second movement plan is advantageous in comparison with the first movement plan.

8. The terminal device of claim 7, wherein the display unit includes a touch panel, and the touch panel is configured to receive a selection for changing from the first movement plan to the second movement plan.

9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to generate instructions for transmitting the selection for changing the first movement plan to the second movement plan.

10. The terminal device of claim 2, wherein the display unit is configured to display the information indicative of the first movement plan and the second movement plant simultaneously.

11. A route searching device for communicating with a terminal device, the route searching device comprising:

a processor configured to;

generate a first movement plan based on a destination, a first position and a supply facility, wherein the supply facility includes at least one of;

a vehicle supply facility for supplying a vehicle;

or

a charge supply facility for supplying power to a battery of a vehicle, and

receive reservation instructions from the terminal device, wherein the reservation process unit is further configured to determine availability of a reservation indicated by the received reservation instructions.

12. The route searching device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a second movement plan based on the destination, the first position and the supply facility, and the second movement plan is different from the first movement plan.

13. The route searching device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to receive a selection of the first movement plan or the second movement plan from the terminal device.

14. The route searching device of claim 12, wherein the processor unit is configured to transmit information related to whether the second movement plan is advantageous with respect to the first movement plan.

15. The route searching device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to generate the first movement plan based on a priority condition received from the terminal device.

16. The route searching device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to update a table relating to the supply facility based on the received reservation instructions.

17. The route searching device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit an error to the terminal device in response to a determination that the reservation indicated by the receive reservation instructions is unavailable.

18. The route searching device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine availability of a reservation along a second movement plan, different from the first movement plan, in response to instructions from the terminal device to change from the first movement plan to the second movement plan.

19. A terminal device for communicating with a route searching device, the terminal device comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive information indicative relating to a plurality of charge supply facilities for supplying power to a battery of a vehicle, and

receive information indicative of a plurality of movement plans, wherein each movement plan of the plurality of movement plans includes a route from a first position to a destination, and at least one charge supply facility of the plurality of charge supply facilities is included along the route; and

a display unit connecting to the processor, wherein the display unit comprises a touch panel, and the display unit is configured to;

display the information indicative of the plurality of movement plans, and

receive, via the touch panel, a selection of a first movement plan of the plurality of movement plans.

20. The terminal device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit information related to the selection of the first movement plan.

21. The terminal device of claim 19, wherein the touch panel is configured to receive a selection of reservation information related to a first charge supply facility of the plurality of charge supply facilities, and the first charge supply facility is along the route of the first movement plan.

22. The terminal device of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to generate instructions for transmitting the selection of reservation information to the route searching device.

23. The terminal device of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a reservation result in response to the transmitted selection of reservation information.

24. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instructions, wherein a processor executing the instructions is configured to:

receive information indicative relating to a plurality of charge supply facilities for supplying power to a battery of a vehicle

receive information indicative of a plurality of movement plans, wherein each movement plan of the plurality of movement plans includes a route from a first position to a destination, and at least one charge supply facility of the plurality of charge supply facilities is included along the route; and

generate instructions for displaying the information indicative of the plurality of movement plans.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to transmit information related to the selection of the first movement plan to a route searching device separate.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to receive a selection of reservation information related to a first charge supply facility of the plurality of charge supply facilities, wherein the first charge supply facility is along the route of the first movement plan.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to generate instructions for transmitting the selection of reservation information to the route searching device.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 25, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to receive a reservation result in response to the transmitted selection of reservation information.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 25, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to generate instructions for transmitting updated reservation information in response to selection of a second movement plan of the plurality of movement plans following transmitting of the selection of the first movement plan.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28, further comprising instructions for causing the processor to generate instructions for displaying an error based on a lack of availability of the transmitted selection of reservation information.